So making the Perfect Thanksgiving Turkey (as I have for the last decade or so) but this year there's a Burn Ban (Stage 2) in effect that could last through tomorrow Brine is cooling, and the bird will get bathed here shortly...

It not beause of it being dry here its because of the stagnant air. When the wind does not blow all the polution just sits and gathers. So if you burn wood in a fireplace the smoke kind of just settles and does not go away and makes a unheathly enviroment.

It not beause of it being dry here its because of the stagnant air. When the wind does not blow all the polution just sits and gathers. So if you burn wood in a fireplace the smoke kind of just settles and does not go away and makes a unheathly enviroment.

True enough. My US TV feeds come from either Spokane or Seattle, and I recall seeing the images of thick clouds of fireplace smoke over Spokane and Tacoma during the winter months.

Unlike propane, you'll never wake up scorched and naked in another county because you mishandled a bag of briquettes.

As for the burn Ban in WA-- we get them mostly due to air quality-- I live in Puget Sound (Seattle and thereabouts) which is nestled between two mountain ranges (Cascades and Olympics), so smoke and other airborne stuff can get backed up in our area until a storm comes through and blows it out. We have a high concentrations of metro areas, and the area around is heavy forest and valleys, with many folks relying on wood fire for heat/cooking-- so it's balance between the two when it comes to it. Just over the mountains, we've got Eastern Washington which is more arid and a different set of problems We're "known" for our rain (Hawai'i and other places actually get more), but it's the cloud cover that give us our character-- for better or worse. surprisingly, we have been getting some significant droughts (although not as bad as TX), over the last 2 decades, and then burn ban is also for stopping wild fires.